I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

A big victory, a big banquet, a good meal, a big drunkenness, forget all the sorrow, all the pain, all the sins inflicted on the body by this bullshit world.

However, when you wake up, life still has to go on, and you still cannot escape the suffering you deserve.

The city of Ningbo was still in a mess. The victims were busy working and working desperately for Zheng Zhipeng. thing.

This was a tragic era, with emperors, generals, and ordinary people all struggling. Compared to the society in later generations where everyone complained about the [-], it was like an endless hell.

Zheng Zhipeng and Zheng Zhiyan were sitting at the dining table eating breakfast. Zheng Zhipeng even peeled an egg with his own hands and put it in Zheng Zhiyan's bowl: "Your body is still growing. Eat more eggs and you will grow stronger."

Zheng Zhiyan saw that Zheng Zhipeng seemed to be in a bad mood, so she couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong, fourth brother? Liu Xiang has been fucked by us, why do you look like you are still a little unhappy?"

Zheng Zhipeng smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "There's nothing unhappy about it, I'm just a little confused."

"Confused? What confusion."

"Lao Liu, tell the truth, am I a person who can win people?"

"Get someone? Why do you suddenly ask this? Look how many people follow you when you raise your arms. People in the whole city treat you as their reborn parent. Even my eldest brother in Quanzhou and Xiamen doesn't have such prestige as you. , To be honest, when it comes to work, I really admire you. Our family is really richer. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is gold and silver. But look at what you eat? I will eat with you and eat an egg. You have to give way, do you know what the outside world says about you? Only when the sea is flowing, can you show your true colors as a hero!"

Zheng Zhipeng glanced at the breakfast on the table, which consisted of two bowls of millet porridge, two eggs, and two pickles. It seemed that it was too simple, and he said rather embarrassedly: "In the year of the great disaster, everyone is suffering. Hungry, I always feel guilty after eating too well, but Sixth Brother, since you said I can win people, why does Yang Xu have to do it alone when his wings are hard? Why is not even Yan Yingyuan willing to be used by me? "

Zheng Zhiyan was stunned for a moment: "What? You...are you unhappy because of this?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"I...I don't understand a little bit. What kind of use do you mean by use? With your kindness to them, if they are needed for something in the future, will they say no? Do you want them to treat us as us?" A domestic slave?

They are not like Li Gang and others, who are not allowed to live in the world, so they have to escape from the protection of our family. They have a family and a family, why should they sell to our family?Even the local governor can only support three or five staffs. How many more do you want?People have their own lives and ideas. The disaster years will eventually pass, and people have to live their lives. "

This time it was Zheng Zhipeng's turn to be confused. He never expected that Zheng Zhiyan would say that. For a moment, he felt that something was wrong, but at the same time, he felt that what he said made sense.

"Let me talk about Yan Yingyuan first. Although he is poor, he is still a scholar. I think his neighbors trust him. He has a wife and children, and he is a serious subordinate. You ask him to drop everything and follow you. What is the purpose of following you? What status can you give him? As a staff member? As a master? Didn't you promise to invest in their village and let them live a good life? Why do you want to recruit them again? Then they are considered soldiers. Or are you considered a Japanese pirate? Fourth brother, if I were Yan Yingyuan, I wouldn’t agree to it either."

"Besides, Yang Xu, I like this little monkey who is very clever, but he is no longer the poor boy who couldn't eat or drink a few months ago. He can be regarded as a little shopkeeper after all. Follow you. What are you doing? As a servant or a helper? His sister has been tied up by you for no apparent reason, and you still have no explanation. You still want to take in the whole Yang family? There is no need for it, right? , you can’t give them any future.”

"What a joke, I can't give them a future? I..."

I stared at him for a long time, and Zheng Zhipeng could only nod his head in both relief and aggrievedness.

The so-called gratification is because he understands to some extent that after all, everyone has his own ambitions. He may have read too many online novels in his previous life, and thought that as long as he treated others better and shook his body, talents would come to him one after another. But in reality, there is no such thing. so easy?This is not a real troubled world. They are just two honest people who want to live a good life. Some things cannot be forced.

I remember your kindness to me, and I can even repay it with my life when necessary, but it doesn’t mean that I have to work for you. This is a simple truth. Whether it is kindness or favor, these things are not empty. Yes, but once you use it for your own use, it changes.

The so-called grievance is specifically for one's own identity.

Because as Zheng Zhiyan said, even if he really wants to recruit talents, he can't give him any decent reputation. His own reputation is just that of a general manager. Even Zheng Zhilong is just a guerrilla. What does it mean if he recruits talents?It seems that on the surface, he can only be his slave, but if he insists on taking him in, it seems that he is repaying his kindness.

Thinking of this, he somewhat understood why the imperial court was so obsessed with only giving Zheng Zhilong a guerrilla general to play with. Sometimes there is a name but no name, and it is really not as good as the name. Don't you see that in the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei was carrying a short-term emperor and his uncle. Can Ganzhou Mu alone recapture a bunch of civil servants and generals? In comparison, Zhang Yan and his ilk can only be considered as thieves even if they have hundreds of thousands of troops.

Thinking about myself now, isn't the Zheng family just like Zhang Yan? Even the title belongs to Zheng Zhilong, so he is just a popularity seeker.If even though he is a county magistrate, he can get the title of a master, then Yan Yingyuan will most likely get it.

Slowly taking out a cigar and lighting it, Zheng Zhipeng said: "I know what I should do. Sixth brother, please find Yan Yingyuan and Yang Xu in a moment. I have something to say to them."

"You still want to recruit them?"

Zheng Zhipeng smiled and said: "No, I've been thinking too narrowly recently, and I'm a bit repaying kindness. Friends, we should help each other. Some things are completely different if you think about it from another angle. No matter what, I have helped me so much in this battle, so I have to go back to thank you."

I read an anecdote in my previous life, saying that one of Du Yuesheng's sons was eager to interview him and asked him what a gangster was. Mr. Du thought for a long time before answering, maybe they were helping each other.

What Mr. Du didn't say was that his family would help pay, and others would have to die.